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There are some devices that fit into your lifestyle and are so easy to get used to, that you wonder if they were made with you in mind. Well, the MOTOROKR-E6 is just that.
Motorola devices are known to be easy to use, but in the case of the MOTOROKR-E6 its attraction lies in the way the phone interacts with the user so easily it suddenly becomes almost an extension of your hand.
Once you pick it up, you'll find that you just can't seem to put it down.
Perhaps it's the way it looks, with the polished black metal finish for the navigation panel, sitting on the matt black body and 2.4 inch screen.
The body is also slim, 111 mm x 51.5 mm x 14.5 mm, and there is a firm feel as it nestles in your hand, partly due to the 121g weight of both phone and battery. Maybe it could do with a little diet some day.
Motorola must pay its designers well judging by the high "wow" factor the MOTOROKR-E6 was getting each and every time the phone was whipped out.
The phone has been built so that nothing sticks out distractingly, even the stylus has been designed such that it tucks away so neatly,you may not find it on first inspection.
Designed to sit flush on the different sides of the phone also are keys to control the playback of music (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, RA, WAV, MIDI, AMR-NB/-WB) and video (H.263, MPEG4, 3GPP), a discreet back panel lock and a useful phone lock button.
All looks and no brains is one remark you can't throw at this babe either.
Packed inside are programmes such as Notepad, Calculator, Email, Web Browser and the other usual suspects, along with a Business Card Reader and viewer for documents such as Excel and Word.
It's the Business Card Reader and Picsel viewer that will have even those who hang only grey suits in their wardrobe, chancing a second look at this stylish looking phone.
Popping in an SD card filled with everything from music to photos as well as Microsoft Word and Excel documents, I was ready to be let down (finally!) by the MOTOROKR-E6. Launching the viewer, brought up a host of different files in the phone, along with one marked "storage card" which contained a list of sub-folders including one with photos taken on another device and another holding Microsoft Word and Excel documents.
The documents opened up easily and reading them required some zooming in and out of the document, which was done through the phone's volume key on the side. The Picsel viewer programme also shows how many pages there are to the document and allows users to move from page to page when the stylus moves across the bottom of the page.
Documents that were faulty in my other device also proved un-openable on the MOTOROKR-E6, however the viewer programme proved just an edge smarter by opening up a document converted from PDF which my other device simply could not.
Launching the photos folder, revealed picture thumbnails that again opened without any hitch. Navigating from picture to picture however wasn't easy and the larger sized shots appeared without any reformatting which meant some scrolling up and down with the central navigation button was needed to make sense of the photos.
Although it was a little fussy, the Picsel viewer proved useful and not hard to get used to.
The other smart programme is the Business Card reader. It works with the phone's camera and requires the lens to be set to macro which the 2 megapixel lens is able to, although the small knob does require small fingers and long nails.
A snap of a business card placed on the desk, converts the data to be saved in the phone's contact list.
Accuracy is not 100 percent, so you need to triple check if you don't want to embarass yourself by dialing the unit number of a contact's office instead of his mobile!
The Business Card Reader also doesn't register information from cards that are dark coloured, such as red or blue.
Nonetheless, the option is useful and never fails to impress others still having to thumb in all their contact details.
Motorola's Country Manager for Mobile Devices, Lok Kwok Leong, has described the MOTOROKR-E6 as an "impressive handset", adding that its "greatest advantage lies in its stylish design and its unique mix of lifestyle-focused features... specifically designed to provide the best in mobile entertainment, allowing users to create and share their experiences."
If fault is to be found with the MOTOROKR-E6, it will have to be with its touch screen.
The 240 x 320 TFT screen shows off clearly the full suite of programmes installed, but most will only launch through the icon on the touch screen.
In addition, making a call will require the use of the touch screen phone pad, while sending an email or text message (in either English or Chinese) means pulling up the handwriting recognition software or soft keyboard.
What that means is, once the touch screen becomes faulty, all you will have is a music player cum 2 megapixel camera (with 8 times zoom).
That would be agonising since the MOTOROKR-E6 has a wealth of features, from photo editing to web browsing and POP3/IMAP email, as well as 3D graphics enabled games (one pre-loaded game even had the phone vibrating in response to crashes and tumbles, a sure hit with kids both big and little).
If the MOTOROKR-E6 were a living and breathing being, it would be that gorgeous person with the right looks, brains and personality, who in addition, is totally in synch with your life. If you're still waiting for that person to walk into your life, well... at least there is the MOTOROKR-E6!
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